The Latest Breaking News on Cars

The Kia Niro PHEV blends gas and electric power into a subcompact crossover SUV. I drove it for a week to see how much value it offers over EVs and traditional gas-powered cars.

The Volvo XC40 Recharge, the Swedish automaker’s first mass-produced electric car, is getting a new name and a bigger battery in the United States. For the 2025 model year, the battery-powered crossover will be sold as the Volvo EX40, dropping the Recharge moniker and getting in line with all the…

Honda has vowed to keep making sporty Type R models even as the entire world continues to move toward electric vehicles. However, it’s finding it challenging to create performance EVs that can match the excitement and engagement you feel when driving one of its combustion-powered hot hatches.

Last week, Polestar elaborated on it plans to diversify its all-electric lineup of cars. The Polestar 5 super-sedan is due out this year, following the recently launched Polestar 3 crossover and upcoming Polestar 4 coupe-crossover. But another all-new model is coming soon too: a small, made-in-Europe SUV called the Polestar…

A new car's MSRP and the final price someone pays at the dealer are, sadly, often different. And if you're interested in buying a particularly popular model, you can expect to pay well over the manufacturer's suggested retail price. We've seen dealers in the last few years willing to slap…

I'm from San Antonio, Texas. I know a thing or two about hot weather. Long stretches of 100-degree temperatures, sometimes well into the fall, weren't exactly pleasant growing up, but they were business as usual. But life took me to New York City, and then the Catskill Mountains beyond it,…

Performance plug-in hybrids are all the rage these days. As many automakers pull back on their overly ambitious EV initiatives, they're starting to flood the market with PHEV performance cars instead. We've seen it most recently from BMW and Porsche, but Mercedes-Benz was one of the first brands to get…

Jeep is about to launch its first electric vehicle ever to be offered in the U.S. It rides on the same underpinnings as the new, electric Dodge Charger, but reworked for the midsize luxury SUV segment. Its size and price put it in line with cars like the gas-powered BMW…

The 2025 specification World Rally Championship cars without hybrid power are much "simpler" and "a lot easier" to drive, according to Hyundai Motorsport's Ott Tanak.

The 2025 specification World Rally Championship cars without hybrid power are much “simpler” and “a lot easier” to drive, according to Hyundai Motorsport’s Ott Tanak.

Renault-owned Romanian automaker Dacia had a great 2024, selling 676,340 vehicles globally. Its best-seller was the Sandero hatchback, Europe’s most popular new vehicle, selling almost 310,000 units last year. Now, Dacia wants to build on the combustion model’s success, so it plans to launch an electric variant toward the end…